Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same line of reasoning was applicable to the admissibility of evidence relating to previous agreements . |
| 2 | From that quite informal meeting at the Air Ministry , and others subsequently , the idea of setting up a Target Finding/Marking Force was imperative to the saving of Bomber Command as a vital contribution to winning the war . |
| 3 | Monasticism was vital to the impact of the Christian church on society in our period . |
| 4 | I felt naked and horribly vulnerable , like a snail with its shell off ; every nerve was close to the surface ; I thought if anyone so much as touched me , I 'd scream . |
| 5 | One approach was to argue that the human memory loss was secondary to the failure of a more fundamental process , like the ability to inhibit inappropriate responses . |
| 6 | Cricket club president Brian Kneeshaw said the club was opposed to the development , whoever the bid came from . |
| 7 | Ib 's Club was similar to the others she 'd visited , but more so , Gina decided a few minutes later as wearily she followed Rune into its depths : deeper , darker , more packed , the music more rawly evocative . |
| 8 | That Vic Williams was a voluntary and not a conscripted soldier was irrelevant to the issue of conscientious objection , she added . |
| 9 | At Durham Priory , for example , less than half of the income assigned to each office in the monastery was devoted to the activity for which the office had been created ; the rest was absorbed in management costs ( 209 , p.255 ) . |
| 10 | This indication was helpful to the sub-editor as well as the type-setter . |
| 11 | The Inland Revenue eventually decided that this practice was contrary to the legislation on PRP schemes , and put an end to it in a Statement of Practice ( SP7/92 , see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 103 ) . |
| 12 | That was just how the circuit bosses liked things , believing that the best way to hold on to their audience was through ‘ family entertainment ’ , and arguing through the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association ( CEA ) that filmmakers should avoid treating themes and incidents that ‘ were offensive to the reasonable taste and standards of those whose patronage was necessary to the health and future of the industry . ’ |
| 13 | She offered a new interpretation of the relationship between mono- and dictotyledons , suggesting that both evolved from a common ancestral stock , and that the single seed-leaf in the monocotyledon was homologous to the pair in the dicotyledon . |
| 14 | The confrontation was due to the ambiguity in Poland 's Constitution about whether supreme responsibility for security lay with the President or with the Cabinet . |
| 15 | ( 44 ) showed that the POU domains of Oct-1 , Oct-2A , Oct-6/SCIP/Tst-1 and Pit-1 induce DNA bending and that this effect was due to the POU S domain . |
| 16 | It was Mr. Newman 's submission that the matters to which regard should be had in the present case were ( 1 ) the lapse of time between the commission of the alleged offences and the request for extradition , and ( 2 ) the fact that the accusation against the applicant was contrary to the interests of justice , in that it would lead to the trial of the applicant in Sweden on the basis of the record of Price 's evidence , despite the fact that Price had subsequently retracted that evidence in this country in so far as it implicated the applicant . |
| 17 | 4.10 Medical expenses may be reasonably incurred even though a less expensive alternative was available to the plaintiff . |
| 18 | To confirm that the increased cytotoxicity was due to the interactions between the Fc portion of IgG and the Fc receptor on the effector cells , Staphylococcus aureus protein A was added to the ADCC assay . |
| 19 | If the well had been in the centre of an ash grove ever since it was discovered , it is no wonder that it was deemed sacred , for ash was holy to the ancients . |
| 20 | The garda was entitled to the evidence on which the allegation was made . |
| 21 | The Chairman of the Bar was well to the fore in many issues continuing to practise a policy of openness with the press and media . |
| 22 | No detailed record of their activities has survived , but since the essence of the action was to prevent the entry of blacklegs , their work was central to the success of the strike . |
| 23 | If the household was identical to the register entry , the elector on whose account the address had been selected had effectively been selected at random , and was therefore nominated for interview . |
| 24 | The church 's vast wealth was accessible to the king on a scale denied even to the greatest of landed magnates . |
| 25 | In Harris v Wyre Forest DC ; Smith v Bush [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 the House of Lords rejected an argument that a disclaimer of liability on a surveyor 's report prevented a duty of care arising in tort and therefore fell outside the Act ; applying s13 , the House held that the disclaimer was subject to the Act and could only prevent a duty arising if it satisfied the test of reasonableness . |
| 26 | Fortunately , Thames Tunnel Mills adjoins the handsome early-eighteenth century church of St Mary , Rotherhithe , so that when the Department of the Environment designated the church and the surrounding buildings as an outstanding conservation area , the building became eligible for grant aid from the Historic Buildings Council and their help was crucial to the funding of the development . |
| 27 | Section 24 may also be used by a hotelier who is prosecuted under s.14 where the overbooking was due to the actions or default of the receptionist or reception manager and was not part of the hotelier 's policy . |
| 28 | Raid terror : A brave caretaker was shoulder-charged to the ground after he disturbed three young burglars - one aged just 12 as he was carrying out his rounds at the City of Liverpool Community College . |
| 29 | The flag was well to the back of the humped green with its treacherous slopes to right and left . |
| 30 | The merchant-princes of Venice were not reigning princes or immensely wealthy cardinals ; they economized where they could and , although astonishing spectacle was indispensable to the success of opera , the Venetians were adept at producing striking effects with relatively simple means . |